Part Four

"You've really done it now, Phineas!" Candace furiously shouted to her little brother. The team walked out of the E.S.B. and into the chaos that had erupted in the streets. Various ghouls, goblins, and demons terrorized hundreds of New York citizens. All of the Junior Ghostbusters were stunned by the scene except for Candace, who was too focused on scolding Phineas. "Your Ecto-Whatever just turned this from a nightmare to a horror movie!"

Her scolding could not have come at a worst time, and Alex knew it. "Candace, now isn't the place or time! We need to figure out how we're going to fix this."

"I do not understand." Baljeet said. "What went wrong with the Ecto-Relayer?"

"It must've caused some type of dimensional rift." Phineas deduced, gazing up at the swirling vortex above the Empire State Building. "Ferb and I went through all of the numbers. The Relayer was working…but some other force counteracted it!"

"Ok, so…how do we relay this force?" Alex inquired.

Phineas shook his head negatively. "We don't."

"WHAT?" His teammates exclaimed.

Shortly after the outburst, Baljeet suddenly spotted something from above and didn't hesitate in warning his fellow Junior Ghostbusters. "Um…we may want to start running now."

"Why, Baljeet?" Isabella asked.

"Because of that!" Baljeet pointed to the skies.

The team followed Baljeet's gaze and noticed three flying gargoyles, each one consumed in flames, soaring directly towards the Junior Ghostbusters. Doing exactly as Baljeet warned, the team started running away from the gargoyles preying on them. The monsters moved extremely fast and almost managed to snatch Alex had she not ducked in time. In retaliation, Alex detached her proton gun from her pack and fired a stream at the gargoyle. The stream connected with the gargoyle's wing…but it didn't do any damage.

Surprised of the ineffectiveness her pack had on the gargoyle, Alex gasped. "Our packs won't work on these things!"

"Why don't ya try yer otha wand? Dah magical one?" Buford suggested.

Following on this suggestion, Alex lifted her left leg, which left her briefly hobbling as she continued running from the pursuing gargoyles. She reached inside of her left shoe and retrieved the aforementioned wand, immediately using it on the same gargoyle that she fired her proton gun on. Quickly spouting a rhyming spell that sent a rainbow-colored spark of energy from the end of her wand and zapping the gargoyle's wing once more. Just like her last attempt, this one left no mark on the flaming creature.

"Nada!" Alex cried in her Hispanic tongue.

"Ohhh, we are in serious trouble!" Candace uttered in fear.

As usual, Phineas was a step ahead of everyone…and he also had an idea.

"I've got it! Alex, can you teleport us out of this spot?"

Alex smiled over Phineas' idea. "Sure can!" She then proceeded to say the necessary magic words for enabling teleportation. With the wave of her wand, the Junior Ghostbusters vanished in a puff of smoke that was whisked away by another gargoyle that dive-bombed through the now-vacant spot.


The Junior Ghostbusters reemerged within an alleyway that was divided by a chain link fence. Because of the division, Alex's teleportation spell left the group standing at opposite sides of the fence with Phineas, Ferb, Baljeet, and Alex standing on one side and Candace, Isabella, and Buford on the other. Smiling over the success of her spell, Alex placed her wand back into her shoe and knelt down to give Phineas a victory hug.

"You're beautiful, Phineas! That was sweet genius!" Alex complimented.

Noticing the lengthy time Alex spent hugging Phineas, Isabella grew very jealous. "O.K. You can stop hugging him now."

"Yes, please stop." Candace stepped in and demanded. "Especially since he's the reason we had to teleport here!"

Listening to Candace, Alex felt like she had enough of her belittling her own brother. After letting go of Phineas, she angrily approached the fence and shouted, "You know what, Candace? You are not helping this situation with your negative attitude! Phineas didn't do this on purpose!"

"But I did cause it, Alex." Phineas said with a sigh. "I tried to be the hero, but I wound up being the problem. I thought that if I could help us save the world, we could all be promoted to Senior Ghostbusters."

Candace scoffed over the thought. "Ghostbusters…it's an overrated job anyway. They should be the ones taking care of this mess, but where are they when we really need them? Huh?"

Phineas looked down in disappointment. "I wish I knew, sis."

During the exchange, Baljeet looked around their new surroundings, seeing how the alleyway they were in was between two suburban houses. "I hate to break up the conversation, but I must inquire as to where we are."

The others looked around as well.

"Hmm…this seems like a pleasant neighborhood." Buford commented.

"And the mayhem has not yet reached this district of New York either." Baljeet added during the inspection.

"To be honest, I just thought of the safest place in the city, which is Queens." Alex admitted. "I guess that's where we are now."

After spending some time frowning in discouragement, Phineas' face lit up with hope again as soon as he heard about their current location. "Wait a sec! Ferb and I know some friends who live in this neighborhood!"

Candace seemed surprised to hear this. "Wait. How do you know…? On second thought, never mind. I can't take any more surprises from you two today."

"Trust me, Candace. This is a good surprise." Phineas assured.